I don't really have anything to write about but I wanted to get my personal Valentine's Day love story off the top of the page because it's not Valentine's Day anymore and Mitch says it's "embarrassing," to which I said, "Oh cute, you're embarrassed about our love story!" and he replied, "No,.... embarrassing for you."
Apparently because "normal" people don't freely discuss times when they got drunk and got the shit kicked out of them in public. But, like I explained to Mitch, "I was a CHILD." I take no responsibility for anything I did before I turned 18. Some people thought that because Mitch and I met in such a special way in eleventh grade that we've been together ever since. Not so. We didn't even start to date until after college. In case you didn't notice, I made a bad first impression and it took a good 5 years to convince him that I wasn't a complete hillbilly. He was already prejudiced against me because he came from a wealthy suburban school district and moved up to International Falls. It was a bit of culture shock. Not that we were always having drunken parties and fist fights. There were many weekends we just aimlessly drove through town and wished for a drunken party and the opportunity to see a fight. Other nights we were lucky enough to find parties out in the woods or at the gravel pits. Sometimes when we weren't in an underage-drinking mood we would go to church and do a little snake handling or play in our jug bands. I even had a job as a kid! (making moonshine)
Mitch says that south of Duluth people up in the Falls are commonly known as "Bush Apes," and still, to this day, when I do something especially crude or socially inept I hear him mutter "bush ape" under his breath.
Yes, I can hear that, Mitch; I'm just too sophisticated to justify it with a response.
Apparently because "normal" people don't freely discuss times when they got drunk and got the shit kicked out of them in public. But, like I explained to Mitch, "I was a CHILD." I take no responsibility for anything I did before I turned 18. Some people thought that because Mitch and I met in such a special way in eleventh grade that we've been together ever since. Not so. We didn't even start to date until after college. In case you didn't notice, I made a bad first impression and it took a good 5 years to convince him that I wasn't a complete hillbilly. He was already prejudiced against me because he came from a wealthy suburban school district and moved up to International Falls. It was a bit of culture shock. Not that we were always having drunken parties and fist fights. There were many weekends we just aimlessly drove through town and wished for a drunken party and the opportunity to see a fight. Other nights we were lucky enough to find parties out in the woods or at the gravel pits. Sometimes when we weren't in an underage-drinking mood we would go to church and do a little snake handling or play in our jug bands. I even had a job as a kid! (making moonshine)
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| Members of the class of '89. (I went to prom with Emmett Otter.) |
Yes, I can hear that, Mitch; I'm just too sophisticated to justify it with a response.
Hey. I read the comments you know.
ReplyDeleteYOU DO?? Sometimes I wonder. Well, now that I know I'm a Bush Ape, soooooooo many things about Twin Cities people makes sense! Especially Falls people who move to the Cities.
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